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A certain bishop ordered that 12 loaves be divided among his clergy. He ordered that each priest should receive 2 loaves, each deacon one half, and each reader a quarter of a loaf. There were as many clergy as loaves. How many priests, deacons, and readers must there be?
Alcuin of York, ca 800
Click here to reveal the answer"Loaves and Bishops," Loci (March 2007)